Monday, October 31, 2011

Helllllooo friends! It's time for another challenge at Lia Stampz and this time it's 3 R's!
3 R's mean:

Ribbon

Raised or embossed or anything 3D

Round shape

Here is my very CAS card.

Isn't he cute?! I like him, too fun :) The deadline for this challenge is November 15th. You DON'T have to use a LiaStampz image (can be any stamp/digi stamp/ embellishment-not even an image).
There is nothing much to explain here. The self adhesive gems on top right are Pie Lane. I am feeling a bit better today, will stop by your blogs real soon... till then happy crafting!

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Hello everyone! I hope you guys are doing good. I am sorry for not visiting your blogs, I am still not well enough.

I was asked by Calypso of Sentimental Sundays to join their team, I wasn't this ill when I said yes and now I think I wouldnt be able to do justice to their challenges. The challenge this week is "Birth Flowers", I made this card well in advance otherwise I would have to skip my first post.

You can use your birth flower or just get inspired by them. I took inspiration from my birth flower (lily of the valley), and used the colours white and green for my card.

This is one of the cards that was sent to Tejal on her birthday.

The flowers are handmade, you can find the template for the white ones at Mel's blog. The center is a simple fringe flower coloured with Crayola markers.

I am sorry I thought I will be able to handle a detailed post but I am still not well. Here are some detail shots, I hope you will get the idea.

ETA: Feeling better, thought I'd continue :)

The PP and butterfly are both digi prints.

The frame is Silhouette cut and sentiment is HA.

The doily is also Silhouette cut. I hope you can see the scoring below the PP.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

It is Tejal's birthday, one of my very very good friends here in crafty world. She is one of the most honest people I have found here and you can go to her with anything and everything, she will help you out no matter what!

This birthday hop is organized because she deserves all things happy and good. Happy Birthday Tejal!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Hello everyone! Today I bring to you GingerLoft’s challenge and the theme this fortnight is “Halloween”. You can create anything you like as long as it fits the theme, you don’t have to use a digi image to enter.

For this challenge I made a tag which can also be used as a door hanger.

This scalloped shape is a new one I drew, the scallops are more circular on this one. I have tried to give the scalloped part a glossy look.

The image is called Pumpkin Scene, I have shown the pumpkins as rotten and stinky. Can you see the green smudges outside the image? I made those by applying Inchworm Green Crayola marker on my finger tip, misting it and then thumping on a spare CS first (once only and lightly) and then on the image.

I have created a black gooey glitter mess with hot glue gun and black glitter, placed some punched glittered leaves on it.

The image is coloured with Faber Castell’s regular pencils and Crayola markers and is ink-distressed with Clearsnap (colorbox queue - Black).

That’s it for today. Thank you for the get well wishes, I still have the bloody migraine. Sometimes it diminishes and turn into a minor headache and then it just pops right back in. Do you know the feeling of “cramps” in leg muscles? That is exactly how one side of my head feels if it gets worse. I am waiting for my Homeopathic medicines, till then you will only see crappy projects from my side. Sorry :(

Friday, October 14, 2011

Hello friends! Today I have to show you a card, a tag and a not-so-fancy bird house! I was asked to guest design at DYSU, the challenge this week is “Use your Scraps”. Here is the first of my three creations.

All the PPs you see here are digi freebies. I tried to match a few pattern papers in my scrap box and I think these go well together.

For the sky I used, Clearsnap (Colorboxcat eye queues – french blue). The birdies are from Just some lines and are coloured with regular Faber Castell’s . I added a bit of sparkle to them.

A matching tag! I love this tag! SO NEAT! The sentiment is handwritten. The thin yellow strip running behind the scalloped circle is a Pie Lane border sticker. It is totally fabulous to spice up your project! I think I should have added one more parallel strip.

This bird house is made from scratch, I didn't use any template for it and I don't remember the measurements! LOL You can see the uneven hole? Awesome no?! haha I have used fabric dyes to colour the CS; originally Kraft.

The daisies are punched, the five petal flowers and vines are Silhouette cut. I added a few copper glitter balls as fillers. I wanted to make a fence and a cute little mail box but as I made this for my aunt, she said NO. She wanted this one just like it is shown and I can go ahead make another one in blue with a fence and everything! LOL

The roof panels have been cut withfancy small-scallop scissors. The walls are embossed with sizzix texture plate – distressed. The roof panels are also embossed and the roof looks kinda tiled because I used a checkered texture plate.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Hi everyone! Sorry I have not been visiting your blogs to comment. I will stop by soon. This fortnight Tami of GingerLoft is challenging you to use the colour ORANGE! I have two cards to show you today.

I have used the “Pumpkin Sign” digi from GingerLoft Store. The image is coloured with regular Faber Castell pencils. All the papers used here are digi freebies. The scallops are hand cut and adorned with copper glitter balls by Pie Lane. The butterfly and fabulous diamond gem stickers are also from Pie Lane. The image’s edge is distressed by Clearsnap (French Blue - queue).

I added faux stitching and distressed the papers with Archival Ink in Sepia, I like how this makes the paper look a bit like fabric.

The beaded trim is from my stash. I finished it off with a fancy bow and an orange gem button.

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